The metaphorical wrecking ball analogy takes a physical form.

[Clipper]

He is doing something for the country, and we aren't footing the bill, just a thank you would suffice

He's doing it so he can show it off & brag to wprld leader's, wine & dine his pals & play grabass with his super wealthy cronies who pay him off.

 

[Woodznutz]

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Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.​

The facade of the East Wing of the White House came crumbling down on Monday as construction began on President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a project that will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and nearly double the size of the existing structure.

Having already changed so much about the way Washington works, he is increasingly changing the way Washington looks.

The East Wing was one of the last pieces of the White House complex he hadn’t yet started to make over in his own image. The Oval Office is dripping in gold and so is the Cabinet Room. The Rose Garden looks like Mar-a-Lago. There are massive flag poles in the backyard and in the front. He’s been tweaking the White House residence upstairs, too. He’s directing renovations at the Kennedy Center, and now he wants an Arc de Triomphe-style arch built on the other side of the Potomac.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-east-wing-demolition-ballroom.html

It has been referred to as the "people's house." But as with everything else in the country trump is trying to rebrand it. Words can not express my disgust.

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It's apparently not enough that he's tearing down the legal and ethical foundation of the country. He wants to destroy a physical manifestation of our history as well.

The White House is not a very attractive building. Anything Trump does will be an improvement.

 

[Clipper]

Hahaha Trump is building a ballroom on to the White House! Delicious

From under the rock you live under an outhouse in the middle of the woods looks good to you, StinkFinger.

 

[Woodznutz]

The good news is that the next Democrat president can undo all that Trump is doing, including tearing down the new ball room and restoring the original part of the White House that was torn down. The downside is that taxpayer money will be used to do it.

 

[excalibur]

Thinking it matters who is paying for the degradation of what is essentially a historical monument misses the point in ways that are apparently either too far over your head to comprehend or just another head in the sand moment for a trumple.

The East Wing is not a historical monument, having been built in the early 20th century [1902], later modified by FDR in 1942.

You and your ilk cheered the removal of statues of Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. You have no legs to stand on.

 

[BluesLegend]

That would be the Republican Party. Your draconian policies create homeless people.

Your posts full of lies create entertainment.

 

[Clipper]

Thousands of feet? How many miles is that?

The "ballroom" will be 90,000 sq ft. That's plenty of room for Trump to play grabass with his super wealthy cronies for cash, wouldn't ya say?

 

[fncceo]

Trump only cares for what Trump wants..

Harry Truman completely remodelled The White House in 1948.

Nixon removed the swimming pool and installed a bowling alley

Obama replaced the tennis courts with a basketball court.

I’ll wait for the outrage that is soon to come.

 

[fncceo]

The "ballroom" will be 90,000 sq ft. That's plenty of room for Trump to play grabass with his super wealthy cronies for cash, wouldn't ya say?

Who was the last President to open up a soup kitchen in the White House ?

 

[Jroc]

Michelle had a vegetable garden that children helped cultivate

Who cares ?

 

[Jroc]

Who donated what and how much.

Who cares.... File a freedom of information request.... dumbass did you care about all the waste of fraud in the government when musk was exposing it?...,no you didn't.. because use you could give a s***..

 

[rightwinger]

Are you surprised not being approached of a donation?

I have seen private sources being solicited for public projects in the past

Major foundations, corporations, the public…even children.

Never seen a major project funded by secret donors
Makes it look suspicious

 

[Clipper]

Harry Truman completely remodelled The White House in 1948.

Nixon removed the swimming pool and installed a bowling alley

Obama replaced the tennis courts with a basketball court.

I’ll wait for the outrage that is soon to come.

They didn't take a wrecking ball to an entire wing of the W.H. The sub-human knuckle dragger needs a monument to himself to boost his ego because everyone other than his cult knows he's a piece of shit.

 

[Clipper]

Who was the last President to open up a soup kitchen in the White House ?

What?

 

[toobfreak]

This is the extent of the 'demolition' of the East Wing

Frankly, to tell you the truth, I look at the current WH, consider its function in greeting and meeting international guests, and wonder why it doesn't already have a grand ballroom? I mean, the place screams for one.

I'm sure Trump took one look at the place and realized the place begged for a grand ballroom commensurate with the honor and duties of the most powerful leader on the planet to wheel and deal planetary deals.

 

[rightwinger]

Who cares ?

Whoever brought that up as a White House modification by Obama

 

[DGS49]

I have seen private sources being solicited for public projects in the past

Major foundations, corporations, the public…even children.

Never seen a major project funded by secret donors
Makes it look suspicious

Only if you have TDS.

We, the American people will own this from the moment it is commissioned for use, despite the fact that no taxpayer funds are being used to get it done. And that is the genius of it. By using private funds, they don't have to abide by David Bacon, so can do it non-union. I love it.

 

[Meathead]

I have seen private sources being solicited for public projects in the past

Major foundations, corporations, the public…even children.

Never seen a major project funded by secret donors
Makes it look suspicious

Couldn't care less.

 

[IM2]

Your posts full of lies create entertainment.

More projection.

 

[TimFitz]

Why Is The Left Having Such A Fit About The Ballroom!?​

Because Trump was able to raise at least $250M in private funds to build it.

That's a full 20% of what the DNC squandered on Harris in just 4 months.

No. That has nothing to do with it.

No one believes Trump’s claim anyway.

You Trumpster will hide behind that bs claim until it becomes apparant that taxpayer will wind up paying for it.

Then you will turn right around and insist that taxpayers should have footed the bill for your fuhrer’s monument in the first place.

That’s my prediction. it is based on a decade of Trump supporter double talk on issue after issue.